Ian Webb
@ianwebby.bsky.social
Writer, dog lover, cleric. Frequently mistaken for both Ryans. No film offers yet 😞😄
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
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Etymology of the day: spiders were once known as ‘attercops’, or ‘poison-heads’, because it was believed most spiders were venomous. The ‘cop’ element became the ‘cob’ in ‘cobweb’.
July 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Etymology of the day: spiders were once known as ‘attercops’, or ‘poison-heads’, because it was believed most spiders were venomous. The ‘cop’ element became the ‘cob’ in ‘cobweb’.
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Brexit ideology was shaped in the 1990s, when great power conflict was largely over, European security was no longer at issue & the US underpinned a global free-trading system.
It was applied in a world more like the '70s, defined by great power conflict, resurgent protectionism & an unreliable US.
It was applied in a world more like the '70s, defined by great power conflict, resurgent protectionism & an unreliable US.
@anandmenon.bsky.social has a point here. I used to think that Covid actually helped the Brexiteers as Brexit consequences got hidden in pandemic consequences. But in hindsight, Brexit really was terribly timed.
Article: on.ft.com/4mvoRtW
Article: on.ft.com/4mvoRtW
May 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Brexit ideology was shaped in the 1990s, when great power conflict was largely over, European security was no longer at issue & the US underpinned a global free-trading system.
It was applied in a world more like the '70s, defined by great power conflict, resurgent protectionism & an unreliable US.
It was applied in a world more like the '70s, defined by great power conflict, resurgent protectionism & an unreliable US.
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National Trust membership for a family costs £14.05 a month. A Telegraph subscription costs £104 a month. And don’t get me started on the quality of the product.
National Trust raises fees to £3,000 for family life memberships
Charity squeezes an extra 25pc from members over three years
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National Trust membership for a family costs £14.05 a month. A Telegraph subscription costs £104 a month. And don’t get me started on the quality of the product.
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
So good to see the momentum building in this campaign for vital, grassroots #cofe governance 🙏
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So good to see the momentum building in this campaign for vital, grassroots #cofe governance 🙏
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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⚠️ BREAKING: What Is Causing Extreme Weather?
👇🏻 Please watch this latest #BrokenNews report, then share.
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👇🏻 Please watch this latest #BrokenNews report, then share.
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What Is Causing Extreme Weather? - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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January 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
⚠️ BREAKING: What Is Causing Extreme Weather?
👇🏻 Please watch this latest #BrokenNews report, then share.
youtu.be/_X2p9dMsNFY?...
👇🏻 Please watch this latest #BrokenNews report, then share.
youtu.be/_X2p9dMsNFY?...
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My Church of England Private Members Motion on working class vocations will be debated at next months General Synod in London. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
C of E should offer working-class people apprenticeships, Burnley vicar says
Rev Alex Frost calls for church to encourage vocations as an alternative to theological studies
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My Church of England Private Members Motion on working class vocations will be debated at next months General Synod in London. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Another 3000 followers request came from @ianwebby.bsky.social, the vicar of Holmesfield Church, so here's an early 1600s document in the Holmesfield archive: an allegation against Robert Fanshaw of nefarious doings in the chapel. Sadly it's unfinished so we don't know what happened next.
![A transcription of the document, which reads: The 13 of November Robert Fanshaw the elder came about the Chapel to do some injury therein as I think. The 17 of November the same Robert Fanshaw came to the Chapel when the Children had new dined and in threatening wise said “come forth or I will lock you in the Chapel”, and they being afraid, came forth, and some left their hats, some their books, and some their satchels, and they desired him to let them take their things forth of the Chapel in going and coming after him three or four several times, but he would not. And the lordship did send two honest men to have the key again, but in no wise would he part with it, but gave them crooked answers. The 20 of November his man (whose name is yet unknown by me), in the morning as the children were making their fire (I being in the over Chapel with one [child] with me), he thrust the children out of the nether Chapel and shut the door, and I asked him what he meant by that, and he said he would keep possession there, and I thrust the door from me, and he let it open, and said it was sure against his will for to let me in, “for” said he, “I see I can make no good fastness of it”. Then at eleven o’clock, Robert Fanshaw the elder…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wj5kvgounn6ciqi3kdn6mgas/bafkreiguw7q55o32e7frdgws2wqtq7k53e3amdjl3ue7qg4hxfpu4xgfmy@jpeg)
January 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Another 3000 followers request came from @ianwebby.bsky.social, the vicar of Holmesfield Church, so here's an early 1600s document in the Holmesfield archive: an allegation against Robert Fanshaw of nefarious doings in the chapel. Sadly it's unfinished so we don't know what happened next.
Every time an organisation (e.g. recently some #CofE dioceses) puts out a post out on other place saying they are leaving it, the comments provide overwhelming evidence that they have indeed made the right decision 😁
January 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Every time an organisation (e.g. recently some #CofE dioceses) puts out a post out on other place saying they are leaving it, the comments provide overwhelming evidence that they have indeed made the right decision 😁
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My father would womanize, he would start land wars with Denmark. He would make outrageous claims like claiming ownership of Greenland. Sometimes he would refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
January 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My father would womanize, he would start land wars with Denmark. He would make outrageous claims like claiming ownership of Greenland. Sometimes he would refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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A well-deserved happy Christmas to whoever did the lawyering on this piece.
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:50 PM
A well-deserved happy Christmas to whoever did the lawyering on this piece.
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
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"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
December 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
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Once again, a thread for the Brexit ignorant
1/ All countries start with their own market standards, regulated & customs territory. If an outsider wants to sell on it you must prove you meet its standards & pay a tariff at its border
1/ All countries start with their own market standards, regulated & customs territory. If an outsider wants to sell on it you must prove you meet its standards & pay a tariff at its border
December 7, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Once again, a thread for the Brexit ignorant
1/ All countries start with their own market standards, regulated & customs territory. If an outsider wants to sell on it you must prove you meet its standards & pay a tariff at its border
1/ All countries start with their own market standards, regulated & customs territory. If an outsider wants to sell on it you must prove you meet its standards & pay a tariff at its border
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Much of the United Kingdom is under a continuous blanket of grey clouds all week so to bring some colour into your Bluesky (fat chance) feed, here's some colourful sunsets. Would be great to see a few of these again! @stormhour.bsky.social @thephotohour.bsky.social
@metoffice.bsky.social
@metoffice.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Much of the United Kingdom is under a continuous blanket of grey clouds all week so to bring some colour into your Bluesky (fat chance) feed, here's some colourful sunsets. Would be great to see a few of these again! @stormhour.bsky.social @thephotohour.bsky.social
@metoffice.bsky.social
@metoffice.bsky.social
Day off view @nationaltrust.bsky.social Longshaw @peakdistrict.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Day off view @nationaltrust.bsky.social Longshaw @peakdistrict.bsky.social
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November 25, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Anybody else get a pilates 🧘♀️ pronunciation from the gospel reader this morning or just me? #pontiuspilates 😂 #cofe ⚓️
a man and a woman are doing exercises on a yoga mat and the word mood is above them .
Alt: a man and a woman are doing exercises on a yoga mat and the word mood is above them .
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November 24, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Anybody else get a pilates 🧘♀️ pronunciation from the gospel reader this morning or just me? #pontiuspilates 😂 #cofe ⚓️
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Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
November 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/